Why is Bangladesh cracking down on Nobel laureate Yunus?
By DW
07 September 2023 |
4:17 pm
Global leaders have condemned a litany of charges against Bangladeshi microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus as judicial harassment and warned of a larger threat to democracy. The government has rejected the concerns.
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